You forget that Reader was not programmed in-house and that the code of Reader was really not built in a way that condoned 'mucking about' very well, as we saw every single time Google 'improved' it with updates.

They probably couldn't get targeted advert code into Reader itself even though they wanted to, and coupled with the nonsense crybabying from some news companies in the EU, they just decided it wasn't worth the bother anymore (that and I know tons of people who dumped it after one of their updates in 2011 mangled it).

The deselection in the installer only does a few things:

1) Doesn't install a desktop icon for Sharepoint or its services.

2) Doesn't install the Sharepoint icon under the Start menu anywhere.

3) Doesn't create the registry entries pointing to the non-existent icons other than a few in certain keys to denote that the icon was "disabled", but still can be added manually or automatically via 're-installation' at a later time.

So yes, it still installs it (and this seems to vary from one version of Office to another if it has this behavior) but just doesn't allow you direct access via icon, etc. Sometimes I think this behavior is due to different groups of people writing the installer packages - some groups take the lazy way by just disabling the icons.

The Verifone models are also what quite a few stores use around here as well. I can confirm they are touchy, and "die" often (I think due to customers poking them too hard or something during debit transactions), but they also are all the models where you can swipe a normal card OR "tap" the chip-enabled cards to perform the transaction (which I guess helps our foreign tourists out, as there is only one card & card company here that offers them, so, useless to us locals).

There's been a few times where that tamper detected error has shown up where it's only been a loosened hex screw on the backplate due to the way those things mount on the swivels - they can eventually work loose over time. It went away if the terminal was shut off, the screw tightened, then the terminal restarted.

They have no qualms about dropping the banhammer. They've banned literally hundreds of thousands of accounts for botting, let alone the rest. I am quite sure they can and do detect it. This is just like WoWglider. when they created Warden in response on top of the lawsuit.

I take it you missed the part where that +/- 10 cm was THROUGH A WALL.

Or just dump it all to something similar to Dropbox or Skydrive, then pull it back - not saying to use those in particular if you don't like their owners or policies, but I think you get the drift.

They claimed it was "China". Now we know the truth.

My guess is for most of their easy-mode access, they are actually using a rootkit of some sort to simply pass along whatever they want before any encryption is applied.

Yes, and also attempts at access to my router's two remote access ports (I disabled remote access from the get-go, fortunately).

The attempts have all been originating or appearing to originate in China, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Turkey, and the Ukraine.

You must be rather new to the online experience. Back in my day (pre-BBS), there was some rather degrading and raunchy, vile shit being tossed back and forth between competing university students and faculty. That was back in the dinosaur era. Some of the things such as 'Lemon Party' and whatnot that came out later to be used as a troll, were in my opinion, quite tame in comparison.

Now it's all just devolved into silly nonsense and race/religion baiting.

Intel and AMD are both moving the TPM to the die package of the CPU. Unless you have a good microscope and tools able to operate at that kind of scale, good luck cutting the lead.

Funny thing, I actually have that enabled on a few of my machines that I use for file storage, etc. Makes it easier to monitor/control them (with a few other tools) than what Microsoft offers on the consumer level.

Actually, it's our civic duty to disobey unjust laws. That's one of the very definitions of civil disobedience.

I am not advocating full scale riots mind you....

These cars with remote/keyless entry and start are already being stolen, even directly off of dealer lots. The criminals have already figured out what he was going to present, and are using it to their advantage.

I know the person you are talking about, I also know that person who's boyfriend/fiance was in the hospital. Small world, online.

I did correlation searches on this woman using metrics like her repeated spelling errors of certain words, and I lost track at exactly 342 accounts that I am about 99% certain are hers, some still active, most were totally banned/suspended. I am sure she has more accounts sitting idle that she can move to when the others finally get canned.

I do think the woman is literally insane. BTW, if you have a Facebook account, don't be shocked if she has sockpuppet accounts she'll use to bother you on there, as well.

Yeah, he was fined for illegal tax collection. It was basically his own fault though, instead of paying a fee to an accountant to help him sort it all out properly, he just taxed everything.

This is a big no-no.